Well I ve been in a lull post IFFP I love projects so the fact his books have recently been reissued Faber finds means they are readily available to us all .I’ve old masters on my tbr pile and will be adding a couple to my kindle .Thomas Bernhard is a writers writer ,his books are challenging full of ideas in arts people and society in general he has long been a favourite with me so I hope if you join in you too will grow to love his words .

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I dunno, “love,” that seems unattainably ambitious. How about “not loathe.” No, that does not seem right for Bernhard either. Loathing is certainly allowed. Maybe “loathe to the appropriate degree” – “I hope you too will grow to loathe his words to the appropriate degree.” But excessive loathing is such a necessary part of Bernhard.

Well, I am stumped. Good luck, though. I will be in Europe that week, but when I get back I will enjoy reading about the shock, recoil, book-throwing, and tears. Or, if the reader is like me, laughter, the howls of laughter.

Having discovered Henry Green because of your Henry Green Week I am sorely tempted, Stu. I may be late to the party because I am hosting Indigenous Writers Week the week after your Thomas Bernhard Week and I will be very busy with that, but I shall do my very best because I’ve never read anything by him either. Can you recommend something not too long that would be good to start with so that I can order it in time?

Stu – Great, I will try to join in. I read Correction a few years ago, and it’s one of those books that has moved in and set up a nest in my head. I look forward, backward and sideways to reading more Bernhard.